Booting Warty on a Beige G3 Tower

[Nathan Sprangers]

David Miller wrote:

> Nathan Sprangers wrote:
>
>> Finally, you'll need to specify the root device, so in "More kernel 
>> options" type root=/dev/hdc.  This will boot with the cdrom as the 
>> root device, so the last step is to hit the "Linux" button and you're 
>> good to go!
>
>
>> If this doesn't work for you or doesn't make sense let me know.  This 
>> is what I did on a Beige G3 DT which is virtually the same as what 
>> you're trying to install on, so good luck!
>
>
> I also have a Beige G3 DT, but just as a point of confusion...  :)  
> I'm not sure why, but on my Beige, the hard drive is /dev/hdc, and my 
> CD-ROM drive is /dev/hda.  Threw me for a major loop when I was trying 
> to do the initial installs, because it kept telling me the hard drive 
> was read-only :)
>
> To be fair, I did get it used, and I have no idea what the former 
> owner did to it.  It does have an internal Jazz drive which is 
> non-functional, so I imagine some wires were swapped at some point 
> trying to make the Jazz drive work.
>
Sounds like the ata cables got switched.  /dev/hda is the master drive 
on ide0 and /dev/hdc is the master drive on ide1.  It was shipped with 
the hard drive on ide0 and the cd-rom on ide1 I'm sure, so I bet when 
that jaz drive was installed the person installing it put the cables 
back in the motherboard backwards =)